The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-24
INCIDENTS OF LOCAL LIFE.
Things That Are Heard and Seen in the Wan
behring's of Vigilant Reporter.

There dosen't seem to be as many poker
players in this General Assembly as usual" re-
marked an old gamester in the presence of a
Journal reporter yesterday. There are plenty
of inducements thrown out, but the legislators
will not bite worth cent. A few private games
run, but haven't seen a member of the
Legislature in any of the places fixed up for
their especial benefit"
There is pale faced. ptiful-looking little girl
who frequents Washington street much after
nightfal and begs for a nickel from every pass
er-by. In all conditions of weather she is there,
and when men SILVER with the cold she stands
upon the corners apparently net uncomfortable. |
and repeats the story OF her hunger to the pass |
ing crowd 81 would like to know her history" |
said prominent citizen the other evening "All |
the nckels have given amount to dollars l |
half suspect that she is driven to the street by |
lndolent drunken parents. and If that is the
case she should be taken from there and given a
respectable home"
A strange story of the doings OF an eccentric
man in the edge of Hendricks county is re-
ported. After raising family of children his
pecularities began to come upon him. He be-
came morose, and, contrary to his former Gus
tom, would not talk of his business matters to
| his neighbors known to be making money,
| yet he maintained that he was becoming bank
rupt. He mortgaged his farm, and what he did
with his money could never be ascertaned.
| There was also a change in his personal habits
| that made life burden to his wife. He sud
denly concluded that he would not be healthy
| unless he slept between two sheepskins, and
when he persisted his wife refused to live with
| him. She procured divorce last fall. He left
| her the mortgaged farm and wandered about
the country for several months. Two months
| ago he returned to his neghborhood, and, Dor
rowing pickaxe from his neighbour, went to a
spot on his farm and dug up large amount of
money he had buried. He showed some of the
coin to the neighbor of whom ne had borrowed
] the tool, but how much he unearthed no one
| knew. There he had deposited all the money he
had been making for years. After securing his
/ money he went South, and report says he has
invested il large plantation.
1t was dark. rainy night recently, when,
along toward Il o'clock two reporters were com
| ing up South Meridian street. One of them rep
resented German city newspaper. They met
| DR.. Marsee carrying q small paper sack, which,
! from its appearance, contained some fruit. The
| reporters propounded the usual question to
whether there was anything new and had passed
him few steps when the Germans nose for
news smelt something Il belief dot doctor vas
got some news already"
What makes you think sol" was asked
'sYou see dot sack, vel he may has some mans
leg In there already"
The numerous damage suits that are being
brought against the police for false mprison-
ment are alarming them considerably Said a. pa
trolIan to reporter last evening: II don't think
| we ought to be held responsible for arrests we
are directed to make 1t very often occurs that
we are sent by our superior officers to arrest
persons of whom we know nothing. Not having
investigated the case, sometimes arrest inno-
| cent persons, and then We have to be bothered
! with the damage suit. l do not think officer
should arrest man without first having invest-
gated the charge against him. matter if he
has had instructions to do The men are
getting to use their own Judgment more, and /
am certain there should be objections raised. y
II am on my way back to the Reform School,
would like to stay all night" said a youth with
an honest face to Turnkey Tafe. of the station
house.
"Were you ever in the SCHOOL," asked Mr.
Taffe.
"Oh. yes, sir" was the reply, II was there
three years. Last summer l received my card
of honor, and went back to my old home in
Ohio to work. have been lonesome ever since
was released, and when l lost my job, a month
ago, made up my mind to go back and ask
them to keep me awhile longer 1 didn't under
stand what home had while was there, but
! tell you when fellow gets out with the world
and begins to knock around for himself he soon
begins to wish himself back. I think they will
keep me this winter, anyhow" He was allowed
to stay all night, and Chaplain Blake returned
him to the institution to remain during the win
ter months.
A professor from Springfield, O., came to this
city, the other day, with treatment for bald
heads, guaranteeing to those who placed their
toboggan slides in his care a healthy and abund-
ant crop of hair in six weeks or two months
Seventeen middle aged gentlemen put them
selves under his treatment, on last Friday, at
$50 head. In some way Manager Dickson, of
the Grand Opera house, became possessed of
this list OF names. and. with his characteristic
generosity, he at once penned an invitation to
these gentlemen to attend his theater in body,
!, the only stipulation being that they should oc-
! cupy front seats and have lettered upon the
vacant space above their ears the words .Held
by the Enemy" as an advertisement of the
coming play. meeting was held at the Deni-
son House, last night to consider the PROPOSE
ton. Two ballots were taken, but the Labor
r party holding the balance of power, no election
was possible, and the convention adjourned.
There are a number of stories current about
8 the city regarding wealthy, but pepurous
: young citizen, whose misery habits are the
bane of his wife's existence. 1t is told that or
, one occasion he found fly in his sugar bowl
! and taking the dead insect he carefully brushed
: off what grains of sugar were upon it Or
9 another occasion he gave each of his children {
, quarter to 60 to bed without their suppers bu
r he stole the money from them while they wer.
? asleep.
} Continuance of the Woodwork Meetings.
Mrs. Woodwork is still continuing her m eet
ings at the Second Colored Baptist Church. ant
it is said has no intention of leaving the cit,
soon. The church is crowded every night will
: a crowd. composed mostly of colored people
The cataleptc fits az numerous as ever. anc
1 last week several persons remained unconsciou